Published: July 07, 2009 12:00 am      

Tigers rebound from loss with win Saturday

First baseman Rawley Bishop hit two home runs, including a grand slam Saturday, to lead the Oneonta Tigers to a 7-2 New-York Penn League victory over the Aberdeen Ironbirds at Damaschke Field.

Outfielders Michael Rockett and Alexis Espinoza each contributed two hits and a run for the Tigers, who took a 6-0 lead after Bishop's slam in the fifth.

Chris Sedon led off the inning with a strikeout but reached base on a wild pitch by Aberdeen's Nicholas Haughian. Sedon later scored on a single by Jamie Johnson.

Jimmy Gulliver was caught trying to steal home before a single by Rockett chased Haughian. Reliever Brian Sisk hit Wade Gaynor to load the bases before Bishop homered to left field.

Bishop, whose also homered to left with two out in the fourth, finished 2-for-4 with two runs and five RBIs.

Espinoza, who went 2-for-4, tripled in the eighth and scored the final run on a John Murrian single.

Winning pitcher Nate Newman allowed three hits, walked two and striking out three over five innings. Reliever Michael Torrealba gave up a walk and a double in the ninth before Kevin Faulk got two sacrifice-fly outs and a pop out to catcher Murrian to end the game.

Pitch-hitter Espinoza doubled and scored in the ninth inning of Friday's 10-1 loss at Aberdeen.

The Ironbirds' Lance West went 1-for-2 with a home run and two walks. Aberdeen took a 9-0 lead after the seventh inning on a two-out home run by West.

Starting pitcher Luis Angel Sanz (0-1) allowed three runs on three hits, walked five and struck out six for the Tigers.

Bishop, Keith Hernandez and Rockett each singled for Oneonta.

O-Tigers 7, Ironbirds 2

{"Sports agate MLB teams"/}Saturday's Box Score

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Britton 2b4010Rockett lf4120

Carolus ph1000Gaynor dh4225

Twnsend 1b4000Bishop 1b4225

Dalles dh4020Espinoza rf4120

Baxter lf4000Murrian c3011

Rosa 3b3110Palacios 3b4000

D Oleo cf2110Sedon 2b4100

Bnevacia rf3011Gulliver ss4010

Ward c1001

Totals29262Totals33797

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{"Sports agate bat stax"/}E""Rosa (3), Haughian (1), Townsend (1). DP""Aberdeen 1, Oneonta 1. LOB""Aberdeen 9, Oneonta 5. 2B""Bonevacia (5), D Oleo (3). 3B""Espinoza (2). HR""Bishop (2) 2. SF""Bonevacia, Ward. SB""Murrian (1), Espinoza (2). CS""Gulliver (1).

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Haughian L,0-24¤64414

Sisk3ª33301

{"Sports agate MLB pitching"/}Oneonta

{"Sports agate body text"/}Newman W,1-1530023

LaLuna210000

Torrealba122220

Faulk100010

Torrealba pitched to 2 batters in the 9th. WP""Haughian 2. HBP"" Gaynor (by Sisk), Gaynor (by Sisk), Ward (by Newman), Ward (by Newman). Umpires""Home, John Collins; Field, Jose Rivera. T""2:39. A""1,522.

Ironbirds 10, O-Tigers 1

{"Sports agate MLB teams"/}Friday's Box Score

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{"Sports agate body text"/}Johnson cf3000Mooney 2b4110

Espinoza ph1110Davis ss4121

Gulliver dh3000Edwards dh3000

Palacios ph1000Dalles c4011

Gaynor 3b4001Townsnd 1b4110

Bishop 1b4010Kelly 3b4100

Hrnandez c3010D Oleo cf4220

Rockett rf3010Bnevacia rf2223

Mansilla lf3000West lf2213

Sedon 2b3000

Jamie ss2000

Totals30141Totals311098

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{"Sports agate bat stax"/}DP""Oneonta 1, Aberdeen 1. LOB""Oneonta 3, Aberdeen 8. 2b""Espinoza (3), Bonevacia (4). 3B""D Oleo (2). S""Edwards. SF""Davis. PB""Hernandez (2).

{"Sports agate body text"/}OneontaIPHRERBBSO

Sanz L,0-1433256

Hess123321

Kapteyn223322

Torrealba131100

{"Sports agate MLB pitching"/}Aberdeen

{"Sports agate body text"/}Hess pitched to 3 batters in the 6th

WP""Sanz, Hess, Kapteyn 2, Torrealba. Umpires""Home, Brett Houseman; Field, Nick Lentz. T""2:43 (:26 delay). A""6,701.